InHand Reference Board Aids Wireless Design

By Bernard Cole
iApplianceWeb
(04/12/02, 07:24:37 PM EDT)

Rockville, Maryland - The new Elf2 ultra-portable handheld device reference platform from InHand Electronics, Inc. incorporates a range of wireless technologies that developers of small footprint iAppliances will find useful, including a Bluetooth transceiver and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, as well as an high-performance LCD controller capable of supporting a wide variety of color displays.

Designed for use with StrongArm and X-scale CPU-based designs, the Elf2 incorporates the company's BatterySmart system software suite, with features such as dynamic clock-scaling, reduced power peripheral software drivers, automatic CPU bandwidth detection and adjustment, and advanced measurement and analysis tools. Both the Bluetooth and GPS peripherals interface with the main CPU through BatterySmart's power-optimized software drivers. Using BatterySmart, Elf2s overall power consumption is maintained in the range of 500 to 1500 mW, at a 200MHz clock frequency.

New Elf2 development platforms are available now with InHand's BatterySmart 2 software for Microsoft Corps Windows CE 3.0. Development platform pricing will be $3995. For more information go to http://www.inhandelectronics.com/.